Speech Communication at Columbia University in the City of New York

Every speech communication school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the speech communication program at Columbia University in the City of New York stacks up to those at other schools.

Columbia is located in New York, New York and approximately 30,135 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Speech Communication section at the bottom of this page.

Columbia Speech Communication Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Speech Communication

Columbia Speech Communication Rankings

There were 5 students who received their doctoral degrees in speech communication, making the school the #13 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Speech Communication Student Demographics at Columbia

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the speech communication majors at Columbia University in the City of New York.

Columbia Speech Communication Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 20% of speech communication master's degrees went to men and 80% went to women.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Columbia University in the City of New York with a master's in speech communication.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	27
International Students	41
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Related Majors

Careers That Speech Communication Grads May Go Into

A degree in speech communication can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for NY, the home state for Columbia University in the City of New York.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Public Relations Specialists	24,510	$74,000
Writers and Authors	7,410	$86,380
Communications Professors	3,080	$90,470
Radio and Television Announcers	1,690	$74,220
Public Address System Announcers	480	$56,080

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Nandaro under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.